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  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/s ... 52896.html

    Not really a cyclist but certainly a better resolution than the CPS and a jury would give you even if the driver kills you.
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/shocking-moment-furious-cyclist-pulls-massive-zombie-knife-on-car-in-south-london-a3852896.html

    Not really a cyclist but certainly a better resolution than the CPS and a jury would give you even if the driver kills you.
    Feck. I would not have got out. I'd have reversed back down the road.
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  • kingdav
    kingdav Posts: 417
    I suffered the indignity of a long wait for the changing room at work where my lycra was resting while someone spent an age preening on Wednesday night... I am now grateful for the delay as the knife attack looks to have been on my route!
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/shocking-moment-furious-cyclist-pulls-massive-zombie-knife-on-car-in-south-london-a3852896.html

    Not really a cyclist but certainly a better resolution than the CPS and a jury would give you even if the driver kills you.
    Ah, Broad Green. Some things never change. Lived in that sh1thole for 12 years - in that time I witnessed countless things that would make your toes curl. That picture is taken less than 100 yards from the spot where, during the riots, I saw a man literally drive his car straight into a lamp-post, then watched a pack of sh1tbags descend on it like vultures. 30 seconds later, it exploded behind me after they lit the petrol tank. It's also opposite one of the pictures that was in all the papers of a building on fire and a man jumping out of the window... Lovely part of the world :?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,305
    I'd forgotten the riots. What a weird time that was.
  • JakeJ
    JakeJ Posts: 151
    I've driven past that place maybe 5 times in the last two days and didn't realise anything had happened, except twice I've gone past it today and seen 2 different news reporters with big cameras ect. Always traffic there, always.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    First e bike challenge over a 5% incline /1km , where she just tootled up at 15mph.
    Got to the top and I was absolute mess, but managed to catch her just as I exploded, and there she was, merrily whistling a little tune

    Simultaneously I wanted to laugh so hard it hurt, at the same time as wanting to throw up.

    By gum ebikes are a game changer to utility cycling.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Whole ride PB for me this morning which Im well happy with tailwind or not in spite of the best efforts to squash me and every other cyclist on the road by a crazy bus driver on chelsea embankment asnd zombie peds down past PS.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Left a little late, got into a little peloton of fast riders - bad trackstand guy, tall bloke on a boardman, and bling gold cables guy. All of us whooshing along on deep sections. Went our separate ways at E&C, though I think tall bloke on a boardman turned off at Oval. Traffic was too heavy for any SCR, though gold cables guy tried to snap the elastic along the straight to E&C.
  • magictrumpet
    magictrumpet Posts: 54
    Had to borrow my wife's Tokyo bike this morning as Cannondaie is having a nice post-winter service. Unfortunately frame is too small really so my hands hurt having been on top of the handlebars. Which also made it annoyingly twitchy.

    Still, they're a pleasant ride and was interesting to see roadies from a different perspective. Especially the ones who try so hard at traffic lights when they turn green, but clipping in does not faciiltate a fast take off. Does look silly for those who aren't good at it. So note to self - relaxed insousiance at the lights before accelerating to warp speed with ease.
  • arsey
    arsey Posts: 171
    I'm racing the ultimate SCR race (Boris bike race) at the Nocturne on Saturday, give me a cheer if anybody is there. Won it in 2014 so hoping to do the double.
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  • frogonabike
    frogonabike Posts: 157
    Arsey wrote:
    I'm racing the ultimate SCR race (Boris bike race) at the Nocturne on Saturday, give me a cheer if anybody is there. Won it in 2014 so hoping to do the double.


    Make sure you go for a mkI as the gears are taller!
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Is that Kingston Wheelers jersey i see, Arsey? Sorry if not. I see it everywhere now after yesterday's Ditchling Devil.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    MagicTrumpet wrote:
    Had to borrow my wife's Tokyo bike this morning as Cannondaie is having a nice post-winter service. Unfortunately frame is too small really so my hands hurt having been on top of the handlebars. Which also made it annoyingly twitchy.

    Still, they're a pleasant ride and was interesting to see roadies from a different perspective. Especially the ones who try so hard at traffic lights when they turn green, but clipping in does not faciiltate a fast take off. Does look silly for those who aren't good at it. So note to self - relaxed insousiance at the lights before accelerating to warp speed with ease.

    Lot of folks who’s clipping in is neither fast or smooth. As someone who rides a old MTB with flats, panniers etc. I’m generally far faster with out effort off the line, vs a roadie though slower once up to speed. You just now and then end up having to make judgments call, ie is it worth waiting vs overtaking knowing they are likely to pass.
  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    roger merriman wrote:
    MagicTrumpet wrote:
    Had to borrow my wife's Tokyo bike this morning as Cannondaie is having a nice post-winter service. Unfortunately frame is too small really so my hands hurt having been on top of the handlebars. Which also made it annoyingly twitchy.

    Still, they're a pleasant ride and was interesting to see roadies from a different perspective. Especially the ones who try so hard at traffic lights when they turn green, but clipping in does not faciiltate a fast take off. Does look silly for those who aren't good at it. So note to self - relaxed insousiance at the lights before accelerating to warp speed with ease.

    Lot of folks who’s clipping in is neither fast or smooth. As someone who rides a old MTB with flats, panniers etc. I’m generally far faster with out effort off the line, vs a roadie though slower once up to speed. You just now and then end up having to make judgments call, ie is it worth waiting vs overtaking knowing they are likely to pass.

    Managed my longest ever FUC this morning, 24.59km without a foot down, a couple of ropy moments hemmed in on CS7 segregated bits but I didn't even rest against a bus or bollard. I even managed eye contact with the security fella on the office gate who swung it open so getting me into the building, tidy.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    More interesting than usual commute today. Took my usual seat on the train when some lycra clad nerd takes the table adjacent. He then struggles to reach the overhead rack to put his helmet, his pregnant wife sits next door and while I work out what cycking kit he's wearing to measure/ judge how serious a cyclist he was, I couldn't help but notice he also had no hair.

    "Excuse me," I ask, "this is a fu*king random question...?"
    "Yes?" Says the follically challenged father to be.
    "Are you Rick Chasey?"
    He gives me a long stare which could make for a long next hour on the train
    "Yes"
    *Phew*

    Very nice chap and turns out we live about 1 mile apart. Can't convince him to ride the full commute. Yet.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    That could have gone very wrong. What did his Mrs think when she found out you’d met on the internet?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Veronese68 wrote:
    That could have gone very wrong. What did his Mrs think when she found out you’d met on the internet?

    Yes that thought crossed my mind too, and so I never introduced my wife!

    Very rude.
    _
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    That could have gone very wrong. What did his Mrs think when she found out you’d met on the internet?

    Yes that thought crossed my mind too, and so I never introduced my wife!

    Very rude.

    :lol::lol:
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Windy out there today. Had my first ever backpackless commute today. Had all my stuff in a large-ish seatpack which I learnt quite quickly gets very swingy when out of the saddle. Had a few minor bits of SCR with fairies and one particulr guy on a boardman through Clapham. All were dispatched. Its amazing how quickly you can get rid of someone once they start catching the wind.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    New route (ish) today saving just under half a mile.

    Gentle tailwind made for a door to door PR of 3.16 for 59.58 miles. With Strava correcting for auto pause that's gonna be frustratingly close to 20mph average. Grrr
  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Windy out there today. Had my first ever backpackless commute today. Had all my stuff in a large-ish seatpack which I learnt quite quickly gets very swingy when out of the saddle. Had a few minor bits of SCR with fairies and one particulr guy on a boardman through Clapham. All were dispatched. Its amazing how quickly you can get rid of someone once they start catching the wind.

    yip, I just got back from 3 days touring in Belgium and had a large Altura seat post mounted pack. As you say it sets up a very unnerving pendulum motion when you get out of the saddle so I just learned to stay seated.

    I also found that even seated there were certain speeds where the pedalling cadence would synchronise with the slight movement of the back pack setting up a similar effect. Circa 30km/h for me.
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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    More interesting than usual commute today. Took my usual seat on the train when some lycra clad nerd takes the table adjacent. He then struggles to reach the overhead rack to put his helmet, his pregnant wife sits next door and while I work out what cycking kit he's wearing to measure/ judge how serious a cyclist he was, I couldn't help but notice he also had no hair.

    "Excuse me," I ask, "this is a fu*king random question...?"
    "Yes?" Says the follically challenged father to be.
    "Are you Rick Chasey?"
    He gives me a long stare which could make for a long next hour on the train
    "Yes"
    *Phew*

    Very nice chap and turns out we live about 1 mile apart. Can't convince him to ride the full commute. Yet.

    :lol::lol::lol::lol: top work fella
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Had all my stuff in a large-ish seatpack which I learnt quite quickly gets very swingy when out of the saddle.

    I remember following prowlbass when he used to use CS7 - his seatpack used to wag like a particularly excited dog's tail.

    Drizzly headwind - yuk.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    MTB-Idle wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Windy out there today. Had my first ever backpackless commute today. Had all my stuff in a large-ish seatpack which I learnt quite quickly gets very swingy when out of the saddle. Had a few minor bits of SCR with fairies and one particulr guy on a boardman through Clapham. All were dispatched. Its amazing how quickly you can get rid of someone once they start catching the wind.

    yip, I just got back from 3 days touring in Belgium and had a large Altura seat post mounted pack. As you say it sets up a very unnerving pendulum motion when you get out of the saddle so I just learned to stay seated.

    I also found that even seated there were certain speeds where the pedalling cadence would synchronise with the slight movement of the back pack setting up a similar effect. Circa 30km/h for me.

    I went for a topeak backloader...https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjol7PPFGJY/ Need to get the straps tighter I think. Never noticed a cadence waggle at all. Perhaps not pedalling hard enough! I knew it would make the bike feel different but did not appreciate how much it would. Figured a small shift in position but not weight of load would not make a huge difference.
  • arsey
    arsey Posts: 171
    frogonabike wrote:
    Make sure you go for a mkI as the gears are taller!
    What's an MKL?
    mamil314 wrote:
    Is that Kingston Wheelers jersey i see, Arsey? Sorry if not. I see it everywhere now after yesterday's Ditchling Devil.

    It is, although I don't ride with them now as I've moved further East.
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  • kingdav
    kingdav Posts: 417
    I think he means mark 1. There was a newer bozza released with smaller wheels iirc.
    article wrote:
    https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press ... -into-lond
    Features of the new Santander Cycles

    Lighting system is better positioned, brighter and more effective so that the cycles are much more visible to other road users
    New frame and fork geometry combines to provide better ride quality and improved manoeuvrability
    Smaller wheels provide faster acceleration from standing start, especially important in urban traffic
    The new design provides increased comfort and safety for smaller riders, with a lower bottom bracket and frame step through height
    Mudguards have lower 'tails' and more of the rear wheel is covered, providing better protection for the rider in the wet
    Saddle includes new gel pads for improved rider comfort
    Saddle adjustment is much simpler with a new 'one handed' seat clamp
    Puncture prevention is significantly improved with the inclusion of an Aramid belt and 4mm internal puncture protection layer
    New tougher mudguards
    Upgraded Shimano brakes providing better stopping performance
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Mark one I'm guessing, not M-K-L, ie the older bigger wheeled one. There were loads of them when they were released, haven't seen one in weeks weirdly, not sure where they've all gone, but they're not in Southwark!

    Bon chance.

    Edit, too slow!
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Arsey wrote:
    I'm racing the ultimate SCR race (Boris bike race) at the Nocturne on Saturday, give me a cheer if anybody is there. Won it in 2014 so hoping to do the double.

    you did indeed with Massimo in 3rd. times have changed a bit but I'm sure you'll be up there or thereabouts.

    hoping to get up to see it all...
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    Had to drop our daughter at school for her English GCSE so threw the bike in the back of the car which made for a slightly different ride, lots more traffic getting back to Kingston which was no fun. Noticed a roadie behind me as I went through the gate to Bushy Park, he caught me as I crossed the road in the middle and I looked over my shoulder to see I had a wheel sucker. Put in a bit of an effort and snapped the elastic and I saw him fading away, managed to pick up a pb as a result. Showed me how little effort I normally put in when on my own. Then had a huge coughing fit which slowed me right down but thankfully he had gone in a different direction by that point. Rare bit of SCR for me.
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